Florists' Flowers are those which, by their beauty or fragrance, power to produce permanent varieties, and facility of cultivation, are so largely in demand as to render them especially worthy of cultivation as an article of commerce.

Mr. Glenny has justly enumerated the necessary characteristics of a florist's (lower to be - 1st. The power to be perpetuated and increased by slips and other modes independent of its seed. 2dly, the power to produce new varieties from seed, capable, like their parent, of being perpetuated; and 3dly, it must possess sufficient interest and variety to be grown in collections.

At present the chief florists' flowers are the Amaryllis, Anagallis, Anemone, Auricula, Calceolaria, Carnation, Chrysanthemum, Cineraria, Crocus, Dahlia, Fritillary, Fuchsia, Gladiolus, Hyacinth, Hydrangea, Ixia, Iris, Lily, Lobelia, Narcissus, Pansy, Poeony, Pelargonium, Petunia, Phlox, Pink, Polyanthus, Ranunculus, Tulip, Tuberose, Verbena. In the United States Florists' flowers are, as such, unknown. We have many amateurs, but not in sufficient number to create the emulation which exists in Great Britain, where thousands rival each other in the culture of flowers of their peculiar fancy - not for profit, but enjoyment and relaxation from the toil of the work-shop, or the mine.